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2011-03-02T16:13:05Z

added main characteristics

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	see also: [[Visual Exploration]], [[Visual Presentation]], and [[Visual Analytics]].		see also: [[Visual Exploration]], [[Visual Presentation]], and [[Visual Analytics]].



			'''Main characteristics:'''

			* main purpose: confirm/reject hypotheses
			* user has clear question / hypothesis
			* directed
			* automatic methods
			* user is steering / controlling
			* user: confirm


	== References ==		== References ==

Iwolf at 09:56, 31 August 2006

2006-08-31T09:56:15Z

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	{{Definition\|'''Visual analysis''' aims for supporting the verification or falsification of given hypotheses about a dataset visually. This means that users perform a directed search for information. A high degree of interactivity is required here as well. Since hypotheses are given a priori visual analysis techniques should be able to guide the users during the search process. Visual analysis techniques are often tailored to one certain analysis problem (i.e., a limited set of hypotheses).}}		{{Definition\|'''Visual analysis''' aims for supporting the verification or falsification of given hypotheses about a dataset visually. This means that users perform a directed search for information. A high degree of interactivity is required here as well. Since hypotheses are given a priori visual analysis techniques should be able to guide the users during the search process. Visual analysis techniques are often tailored to one certain analysis problem (i.e., a limited set of hypotheses).}}

			{{Quotation\|For confirmatory analysis, one or more hypotheses about the data serve as a starting point. The process can be described as a goal-oriented examination of these hypotheses. As a result, visualization either confirms these hypotheses or rejects them.\|[Keim et al., 2006]}}

	see also: [[Visual Exploration]], [[Visual Presentation]], and [[Visual Analytics]].		see also: [[Visual Exploration]], [[Visual Presentation]], and [[Visual Analytics]].

	== References ==		== References ==
			*[Keim et al., 2006] Keim, D.A.; Mansmann, F. and Schneidewind, J. and Ziegler, H., Challenges in Visual Data Analysis, Proceedings of Information Visualization (IV 2006), IEEE, p. 9-16, 2006.
	*[Tominski, 2006] Christian Tominski, Event-Based Visualization for User-Centered Visual Analysis, PhD Thesis, Institute for Computer Science, Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Rostock, forthcoming 2006.		*[Tominski, 2006] Christian Tominski, Event-Based Visualization for User-Centered Visual Analysis, PhD Thesis, Institute for Computer Science, Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Rostock, forthcoming 2006.

	[[Category:Glossary]]		[[Category:Glossary]]

Yijisoo at 14:35, 5 June 2006

2006-06-05T14:35:20Z

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	{{Definition\|'''Visual analysis''' aims for supporting the verification or falsification of given hypotheses about a dataset visually. This means that users perform a directed search for information. A high degree of interactivity is required here as well. Since hypotheses are given a priori visual analysis techniques should be able to guide the users during the search process. Visual analysis techniques are often tailored to one certain analysis problem (i.e., a limited set of hypotheses).}}		{{Definition\|'''Visual analysis''' aims for supporting the verification or falsification of given hypotheses about a dataset visually. This means that users perform a directed search for information. A high degree of interactivity is required here as well. Since hypotheses are given a priori visual analysis techniques should be able to guide the users during the search process. Visual analysis techniques are often tailored to one certain analysis problem (i.e., a limited set of hypotheses).}}

	see also: [[Visual Exploration]], [[Visual Presentation]].		see also: [[Visual Exploration]], [[Visual Presentation]], and [[Visual Analytics]].

	== References ==		== References ==

Iwolf at 12:39, 8 May 2006

2006-05-08T12:39:18Z

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{{Definition|'''Visual analysis''' aims for supporting the verification or falsification of given hypotheses about a dataset visually. This means that users perform a directed search for information. A high degree of interactivity is required here as well. Since hypotheses are given a priori visual analysis techniques should be able to guide the users during the search process. Visual analysis techniques are often tailored to one certain analysis problem (i.e., a limited set of hypotheses).}}

see also: [[Visual Exploration]], [[Visual Presentation]].

== References ==
*[Tominski, 2006] Christian Tominski, Event-Based Visualization for User-Centered Visual Analysis, PhD Thesis, Institute for Computer Science, Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Rostock, forthcoming 2006.

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